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Grenoside Community Primary School, Sheffield

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Ages 4–11

Grenoside Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Sheffield, part of Peak Edge. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 63rd-highest of the 144 schools in Sheffield with published results, and 7,614th of 14,452 across England. It was 95% full in 2025.

SATs results
In line with England
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Sheffield (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Grenoside Community Primary School in detail

Grenoside Community Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "Grenoside Community Primary School is a part of Peak Edge Academy Trust and the school is set in the village of Grenoside. We are co-educational and have just under 350 on roll with pupils coming from Grenoside and from the wider local area."

Vision and values (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Grenoside Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 72% in Sheffield and 77% and 75% across England.

Getting a place at Grenoside Community Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 58 families put Grenoside Community Primary School as their first choice and 100 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Grenoside Community Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Grenoside Community Primary School are St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 67% reading, 77% maths); Mansel Primary (0.9 miles, Good, 59% reading, 67% maths); Fox Hill Primary (1 mile, Good, 39% reading, 32% maths); and Windmill Hill Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 60% reading, 56% maths).

Grenoside Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary AcademyMansel PrimaryFox Hill PrimaryWindmill Hill Primary School

The trust

Grenoside Community Primary School is one of 15 schools run by Peak Edge, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 15 schools in Peak Edge

Who goes there

3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 25 pupils (7.6%) received SEN support and 7 (2.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Getting there

The nearest tram or metro stop is Middlewood Supertram Platform, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Norfolk Hill/The Frostings (opposite), 50 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 53 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sheffield (267).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Grenoside Community Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Grenoside Community Primary School are Yewlands Academy (0.8 miles), Mercia Northridge School (1.2 miles) and Ecclesfield School (1.7 miles).

Yewlands AcademyMercia Northridge SchoolEcclesfield School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~748m)Possible (~1.1km)Unlikely (~1.4km)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Rich Lian
Pupils:330
LA:Sheffield
Phone:01142467380
Address:Norfolk Hill, Grenoside, Sheffield, S35 8QB
Trust:PEAK EDGE (15 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2024

Ofsted Rating

Grenoside Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in September 2024. Before that, as Grenoside Community Primary School (URN 107051), it was rated Good in January 2019.

URN:150086
UKPRN:10093271
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Penistone and Stocksbridge
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

22.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

Reading80%
Maths73%
Writing73%

2024/25 academic year

Class Sizes

27.5

Avg class size

24.3

Infant (KS1)

30.7

KS2

12

Total classes

4 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Term dates

Grenoside Community Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Sheffield's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Norfolk Hill/The Frostings (opp)
47m · 1 min walk
Main Street/Norfolk Hill (adj)
115m · 2 min walk
Main Street/Vicarage Road (opp)
244m · 4 min walk
School Lane/Penistone Road (at)
294m · 5 min walk
Norfolk Hill/Penistone Road (adj)
342m · 6 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
6
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
2

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.

0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Sheffield is 17 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Grenoside Community Primary School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

95%

Near capacity

333 pupils

350 places

17 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Sheffield

Low pressure
New homes approved:9,823
Projected new pupils:2,456

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Sheffield

Across Sheffield council

Low demand council-wide0.80 applications per place

Places available

6,785

Applications

5,415

Got 1st preference

95.1%

Got preferred school

98.9%

All primary applications across Sheffield council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

25

SEN Support

7

EHC Plans

9.7%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health10
Speech, Language & Communication8
Autistic Spectrum Disorder7
Physical Disability3
Moderate Learning Difficulty2
Hearing Impairment1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
87.3%
Asian
1.5%
Black
0.9%
Mixed
3.9%
Unclassified
0.3%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals22.1%
English as Additional Language3.0%

330

Total Pupils

169

Boys

161

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

18

Teachers

18.3:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£47,398

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,513

Per pupil

£2001k

Total funding

£92k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£147,201
EAL funding£3,533
Lump sum£147,100

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.1%

Overall absence

13.4%

Persistent absence

290

Enrolments

Authorised2.9%
Unauthorised2.2%
Persistent (10%+)13.4%
Severe (50%+)2.1%

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Grenoside Community Primary School

What are SATs results like at Grenoside Community Primary School?

Of the pupils at Grenoside Community Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 80% reached the expected standard in reading and 73% did so in maths.

What is Grenoside Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Grenoside Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in September 2024. Before that, as Grenoside Community Primary School (URN 107051), it was rated Good in January 2019.

What is the catchment area for Grenoside Community Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Grenoside Community Primary School is oversubscribed, Sheffield allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Grenoside Community Primary School?

Grenoside Community Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 95% of its capacity.

How big are the classes at Grenoside Community Primary School?

Classes at Grenoside Community Primary School average 27.5 pupils (2025/26). 4 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Grenoside Community Primary School?

Grenoside Community Primary School has around 330 pupils on roll. 22% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Grenoside Community Primary School?

5.1% of sessions were missed at Grenoside Community Primary School in 2024/25. 13.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Grenoside Community Primary School?

Apply through Sheffield's coordinated admissions process, naming Grenoside Community Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

How many road collisions happen near Grenoside Community Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Sheffield is 17 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Grenoside Community Primary School?

Grenoside Community Primary School is at Norfolk Hill, Grenoside, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 8QB.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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